These Atomic Bomb Tests Used U.S. Troops as Guinea Pigs

Name: These Atomic Bomb Tests Used U.S. Troops as Guinea Pigs
Uploaded: 2019-08-27
Duration: 209537
Description: Operation Desert Rock was the codename for a series of military tests in the 1950s aimed at understanding the effects of atomic radiation on ground troops. In total, over 50,000 U.S. soldiers were exposed to 69 radioactive blasts

Operation Desert Rock was the codename for a series of military tests in the 1950s aimed at understanding the effects of atomic radiation on ground troops. In total, over 50,000 U.S. soldiers were exposed to 69 radioactive blasts (03:29)